Washing-machine.



F. C. SHEARING. WASHING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. ll. I916- Patented June 19, 1917.

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Application filed October 11, 1916.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANCIS O. SHEARING, a citizen of the United States, and a-resident of San Jose, in the county of Santa Clara and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Washing-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates, to washing machines, and among the objects thereof are to provide a movable rubbing surface presenting a corrugated surface to the rubber andpermitting upward movement of the water therethrough but not downward, to provide means for continuously moving said rubbing surface in one direction, to provide means for intermittently moving said rubbing surface up and down in the water to force water to any clothes on said surface and to hold the water in said clothes, to provide a rubber which intermittently approaches and recedes from said rubbing surface, to provide means for rocking said rubber over the rubbing surface, to provide means for adjusting said rubber toward or from said rubbing surface, and to provide means for wringing the clothes after having been washed, thereby permittingthe feeding of the clothes to be washed into one end of the machine, thoroughly washing the same, and

delivering the same to the rinse water, thereby saving one handling of the articles being washed.

My invention is fully described in theffollowing specification, of which the accompanying drawingsform a part, in which like characters refer to like parts in each of the views, and in which Figure 1 is a longitudinal, vertical, section taken through awashing machine constructed in accordance withmy invention, ason the line 1-51 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 2 is a section taken on theline 2- 2 5 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary, enlarged, section similar to Fig. 2 but with certain parts in different positions;

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary plan view;

Fig. 5 is an enlarged section taken on the line 5-5 of Fig; 2;

Fig. 6 is an enlarged section taken on the line 66 of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 7 is a partial enlarged section taken on the line 77 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings, 8 represents a tub of any desired form having a drive shaft Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 19, 1917.

Serial No. 124,997.

9 provided with a pulley 10 connected, by means of a belt 11, with any suitable source of energy and a sprocket 12 connected, by means of a chain 13, with a sprocket 14: secured to a shaft 15.

Secured to the shaft 15, within the tub, are two sprockets 16 for endless chains 17 also passed around sprockets 18 on a shaft 19 at the opposite end of the tub, only one of these last named sprockets and chains being illustrated in detail although shown in Fig. 1,

the link pins 20 joining the links of said '26, the arms 25 at each plate 24 carrying segmental plates 27 presenting shoulders 28 to the rollers 22 serving as tracks therefor, and said arms also carry segmental T-bars 29 presenting track flanges beneath said rollers, and in the vertical movement of the plates 24 and arms 25 in 111 131111181 to be described, itwi-ll'be seen that the portions of the chains 17 having their rollers 22 between the tracks 28 and 29 will be correspondingly moved, and it will also be noted that, in the downward movement of said chain portions, therespectivc leaves 21 will swing upwardly "on their pivots to permit the passage of water in the tub and until the next downward movement the water over said leaves is prevented from passing downwardly therebetween, thls being an lmportant feature of my invention. 7

As shown in Fig. 1, the ends of the segmental plates'27 nearest the shaft 19 may be linked thereto by links 30 in slidable engagementwith said plates by means of slots 31 or, if desired, the middle'arms 25 may' be channeled to engage blocks 32 secured to the sides of the tub, Fig. 7, to prevent movement other than vertical to the frames of which said arms form parts.

The cranks 23 pass through horizontally arranged openings 33 in the plates 24 and, in the rotation of the drive shaft 9, the said plates and connected parts move upwardly and downwardly, thereby carrying the chain portions aforesaid therewith with the result stated, and I provide a partition 34 in the form of tub shown to prevent the articles to be washed from reaching the space beneath these vertically movable parts, but I may mount my operative parts on a frame and employ'the invention in a conventional tub.

Inwardly of the cranks 23 and diametrically opposite are cranks 35 passed through horizontal openings 36 in beams 37 the ends of which support transverse bars 38 in turn passed into loops 39 of segmental bars 40 carrying a plurality of spaced transverse rubbing slats 41, coil springs 42 normally forcing said bars 38 to'the tops of the loops 39 but I provide cam levers 43 at the upper sides of said loops and passing through slots therein whereby said loops and rubbing slats may be'raised with respect to their supporting bars 38 against the action of the coil springs, said slats being normally close to the rubbing surface formed by the leaves 21 in the upper portions of the chains 17, and said coil springs also yield in the event of a thick article to be washed being fed between said slats and said leaves.

Secured to the inner sides of the beams 37 are angle plates 44 slotted to straddle the shaft 9 whereby horizontal movement of said beams is prevented though vertical movement is permitted because of the horizontal crank openings therethrough in the rotation of said shaft, the rubber thus formed by the slats 41 being raised when the chain carrying plates 24 are lowered thereby causing said rubber and, rubbing surface produced by the chain leaves 21 to alternately recede from and approach each other. 7

The cranks 35 also pass through vertical '7 openings in bars 45, Figs. 1 and 4, in pivotal connection, by means of links 46, with levers 47 pivoted at 48 to the respective beams 37 and slidably engaged with the respective bars 45 by means of headed pins 49 moving in slots 50 and, in the rotation of the drive shaft 9 with the cranks 35. moving toward the left side of Fig. 1,'the right hand ends of the beams 37 are forced downwardly and, in the opposite crank movement, these ends are forced upwardly, thereby imparting a rocking motion to the rubber as well as not interfering with the vertical movement thereof due to the said cranks 35.

Vertically slidable above the sprockets 16 and guided in supports 51 is a wringer roller 52 the upward movement of which is yieldingly resisted by a plate spring 53 the forked ends of which straddle the ends of the roller spindle 54 and controlled by means of an adjusting screw 55.

The articles to be washed are fed into the left hand end of the machine, Fig. 1, and are carried toward the other end bythe corrugated conveyer and rubbing surface formed provide anti-friction rollers beneath the conveyer to resist downward pressure due to the rubbing ofthe articles being washed.

My machine is very simple in construction when its advantages are considerechtwo of the main features being the normally closed conveyer presenting a corrugated surface for rubbing and permitting upward movement of water therethrough and preventing downward water movement, and the com- 1 pound movement of the rubber.

While I have shown and described a preferred embodiment of the invention, it will be obvious that changes may be made thereover providing that such changes do not depart from the spirit of the invention and come within the scope of the appended claims.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination with a tub, of a washing machine including a conveyer for the articles to be washed, means for moving said conveyer vertically, a rubber, means for moving said rubber vertically, and means for moving said rubber longitudinally of said conveyer.

2. The combination with a tub, of a washing machine including a conveyer for the articles to be washed, a rubber, means for moving said conveyer and rubber toward and from each other, and means for moving said rubber longitudinally of said conveyer.

3.. The combination with a tub, of a washing machine including a conveyer provided with pivotal overlapping leaves presenting an upper corrugated rubbing surface, a rubber, and means for operatively moving said conveyer and rubber with respect to each other.

4. The combination with a tub, of a wash-' ing machine including a conveyer formed of endless chains having corrugated leaves pivoted therebetween and adapted to overlap each other to present a rubbing surface permitting the upward passage of water therethrough only, a rubber, means for moving said conveyer and rubber toward and from each other, and means for moving said rubber longitudinally of said conveyer.

5. The combination with a tub, of a washing machine including a drive shaft provided with cranks, a frame vertically movable by said cranks, a conveyer supported in said frame, a rubber, means for moving said rubber vertically in directions opposite to said conveyer, and means for moving said rubber longitudinally of said conveyer.

6. The combination with a tub, of a Washing machine including a drive shaft provided with two cranks at the ends, a frame carried by one set of cranks, a conveyer supported in said frame and movable therewith, a frame carried by the other set of cranks, a rubber carried by said frame, and

- means for moving said rubber longitudinally of said conveyer during the vertical movement thereof.

tions alternately, a bar engaged With one of said rubber carrying cranks, a link pivoted to said bar, a lever pivoted to said link and to said rubber, and a pin on said lever slidable in a slot in said bar, whereby said rubber is rocked on its pivotal support on said drive shaft during the vertical movement thereof.

FRANCIS OOLLINGE SHEARING.

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